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Poems today do not get the recognition they deserve. Science, art and literature are a large part of the humanities. Poetry comes from the extensive languages the human race obtains.

Literature in itself is like poetry. There is beauty and meaning in the different way words can be intertwined.

Language is one of the main ways the human race communicates. Words hold a depth of emotion and meaning, and poetry is a powerful tool in which language can be expressed as an art form. The following poem is an excellent example of the power of the humanities:

Humanitiesby Julie LumsdenA frog is always a frog, a mothis a moth, swallowsflying in their own manoeuvre.Watch how it works. Insectsin and out of these garden petalsas Mum talks about my birthdayand how 1966 was the yearthey stopped giving any girl –Mum’s own name, Myra.Only people can break, changeor mix the rules. We’ve seenthat young woman smilingon Saddleworth moor. In prison,her Open University essayon the banquet scene in Macbethwas ‘a pleasure to read.’Look at the photograph of hergowned in her graduation pose.

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